Joseph Sherman - Biography

Joseph Howard Sherman (born Bridgewater, Nova Scotia,1945–died Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, January 9, 2006) was a Jewish Canadian poet and visual arts editor. He was named to the Order of Canada in 2003.

Selected Publications

• Birthday. (New Brunswick Chapbooks, 1969).
• Chaim the Slaughterer. (Oberon Press, 1974).
• Lords of Shouting. (Oberon Press, 1982).
• Thought Games/Other Voices. (The League of Canadian Poets, 1983).
• Translations Two (poems translated into German by Astrid Brunner). (Privately published, 1984).
• Transcription (9 years after). (CCAG&M, 1998).
• American Standard and Other Poems. (Oberon Press, 1999).
• Worried into Being: An Unfinished Alphabet. (Oberon Press, 2005).
• Beautiful Veins. (Acorn Press, 2006).